Discharge and drip-pan guard for pumps.



F. B. EILERS.

A DISCHARGE AND DRIP PAN GUARD FOR PUMPS.

" AFPUCATIORHLED MAR. 22. 1919.

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A TTORN UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK B. EILERS. OF FORT WAYNE. INDIANA, ASSII IGNOR TO WAYNE OIL TANK &YUM? COMPANY. OF FORT WAYNE. INDIANA. A CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

DISCHARGE AND DRIP-DAN GUARD FOR PUMPS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 9, 1919.

Application filed March 22. 1919. Serial No. 284.457.

To all whom it may emu-earn Be it known that I, FRANK B. EILERS, acitizen of the Tnited States, residing at Fort lvayne, in the county ofAllen and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Imrovements inDischarge and Drip-Pan iuards for Pumps, of which the following is aspecification.

I My inrention relates to pumps mounted on tanks and the like; andparticularly to means for so guarding the same. that unauthorizedpersons can not draw liquid from the tank through the drip pan opening,nor through the discharge nozzle of the pump while locked as whentemporarily not in service.

Such tank and pump outfits are used by grocers, garage keepers,(lruggists and others in places where meddlesome persons often are nearsuch outfits, and many who would not steal the contents, by drawing outthe'liquids waste them and increase the fire hazard of the premises, ordrop things into the tank. It is therefore important to be able to guardthe pump and tank from all unauthorized persons. 7

My invention is a discharge and drip pan guard for such pumps, isinexpensive to make and simpleand easy to operate.

It will be apparent that the object of my invention is not to lock thepump but to seal the opening of the discharge nozzle of the pum by meansof a drip tube made. part of t e drip pan cover and locked over the onof the discharge nozzle. lVhfen in such locked position any liquidpumped flows directly back into the tank throng the drip tube and drippan.

My, invention'is illustrated in the accompanying drawinys in which Fig.1, 'a iron elevation shows the top of a tank with a pump mountedthereon, and a drip pan with the guard in unlocked position.

Fig. 2, is the same with the guard in locked position.

Fig. 3, is a top plan view of the drip pan with cover and guard inlocked position at without the discharge nozzle shown.

Fig. 4, is an elevation of the same in locked position with part of thedrip pan cover section, and

Fi;,. 5, a detail, shows the guard in unlocked position like Fig. 1, buttaken from a. quarter turn to the left. I

Referring now to the drawings; the tank (i has the usual openings (notshown) for the pump A and drip pan B secured thereto by screws. The.discharge nozzle (1 of the pump A is over the center of the drip pan Bin fixed position The drip pan B is provided with a cover B pivotedthereto at b. A hooked lug b on the drip pan B is adapted to engage alug b on the drip pan cover B when the cover is swung into its centralposition \Vhith is the locking position, and holds the cover down snuglyagainst the drip-pan.

The cover B is bored axially to receive a drip pipe C made of lesserdiameter at 0 below the shoulder r. The cover 13 has a lug b with a holeI) therein and next this lug an inverted L shaped slot If is formed inthe cover B Into the part 0 of the drip tube C, is fixed a stud 0"provided with aneye 0 adapted to register with the hole I) when thedevice is in locked position; that is when the cover is centered on thedrip pan anddrip pipe C is raised so that the nozzle (1, projects intothe top of the drip pipe G. Then the stud rests on the shoulder formedby the horizontal part of the slot 6. When the cover is to be swun backto pumping the drip pipe C is rotate slightly lmd the stud c dro s intothe vertical portion of the slot b a lowing the drip pipe C to fall tothe shoulder c and clear of the nozzle a. As long as the stud is lockedto the lug 15 by the-padlock D or in any other convenient manner thedrip pi can not be rotated, and both nozzle an drip pan are protectedfor the contact of the fixed nozzle and the drip pipe revent the cover Bbeing swung back ofi' t e drip pan B.

I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States j 1. In pump and tank outfits unitary means capable ofbeing swung on a pivot 'to cover the drip pan, and vertically adjustedto cover the end of the pump discharge nozzle, so that liquid pumpedthrough the nozzle when said means are so adjusted will flow:I backthrough the drip pan into the tan 2. In mechanism of the characterindirated, a. tank having a drip pan, a pump having its nozzle fixedabove said drip pan, a cover which in one, position centers over andcovers the drip pan and in the other uncovers it, a drip ipe sliciablymounted upon the cover and capable of vertical movement with relationthereto, said drip pipe of such length and size as to extend over theend of the nozzle in raised position.

3. In mechanism of the character indiouted, atank having a drip pun, apump having its nozzle fixed above said drip pen, a cover which in oneposition centers over and covers the drip pan and in the other uncoversit, a drip pipe slidably mounted upon the cover and capable of verticalmovement with relation thereto, said drip pipe of such length and sizeas to extend over the end of the nozzle in raised position, and meansfor 15 securing the cover and drip pipe in fixed relation to the drippan and faucet when in raised position. i

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing 20 witnesses.

FRANK B. EILERS. W itnesses LAWRENCE BARROB, N. WEMPOFE.

